Program

14 Jan 2018 - 18 Mar 2018

Daylight Management

Daylight Management is the first public moment in the UK of the Night Shifts project, a sprawling network of artists, researchers, scientists, night-shift workers and union representatives initiated and led by artist Martin Kohout. Taking night work as the central premise for discussion, the project explores what a night shift labour model can effect on both personal and infrastructural levels, tracing relationships – and those related technologies that enable private communication – alongside an exploration of the city as a warped space for 24/7 production.

Exploring the effects that this pattern of work can have on the lives
of a growing population of shift workers across the UK, Night Shifts is
a project of work particularly concerned with the social impact of
staying connected to friends and loved ones who exist at opposite ends
of the day. Outcomes of the project to date include a film work, a
collection of new fiction writing, a roundtable discussion with Southern
and Eastern Trade Union Congress (SERTUC), an interview series with
night-shift workers and ongoing research development with leading voices
in the fields of sleep and neuroscience.

In Daylight Management, the project will take over the Auto
Italia space, creating a site within which to uncover elements of this
ever-expanding project. Alongside Kohout’s 20-minute film work, Slides,
collaborators from the wider network will participate in a series of
events throughout the run of the exhibition with contributions from
Georgina Voss, Dan Meththananda and more TBA (dates to be announced).

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:Saturday February 10th, 2-4pmA conversation between Martin Kohout, and writer, editor and curator Dan Meththananda on their collaboration on the publication Night Shifter, and its relationship with Kohout’s film commission Slides, presented as part of Daylight Management.

Thursday February 22nd, 7-9pmChristopher-James Harvey, Associate Director of the Programme in Sleep Medicine at the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford and Caroline Heron, Producer of Slides and Managing Editor at AQNB will present a series of filmed interviews conducted as part of the Night Shifts project with individuals discussing their working experiences. Harvey will frame this work within current research in sleep science and specifically the biological and neurological impact of short and long term night-shift work, sleep deprivation and disruption.Book via EventbriteFacebook event

Friday March 16th, 7-9pmNight Shifter publication launch with readings and performances from Ayesha Hameed and Georgina Voss of their texts produced for the project, introduced by Martin Kohout.

Martin Kohout (1984) is a Berlin-based, Czech-born visual artist. He
holds a MA from the Städelschule, Frankfurt and a BA from the Film
Academy FAMU, Prague. Kohout is represented by both Exile, Berlin and
Polansky Gallery, Prague. He has presented in solo and groups shows in
New York, Beijing, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, Warsaw and Sofia. In 2011
Kohout established TLTRPreß, a publishing
house for selected authors and a space to present the breadth of his
own research efforts in the form of edited collections such as Sleep Cures Sleepiness (2014) and Linear Manual (2012). Recent releases include: Somewhere I’ve Never Been (2017) by Steph Kretowicz, The Great Outdoors (2017) by Monika Kalinauskaitė and Monika Janulevičiūtė, and Puffy Logic Grip (2017).
Martin is the recipient of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2017, a prize
in recognition and support of young Czech artists.

In cooperation with Auto Italia and with generous support of the Wellcome Trust.